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it's hard for us to understand there was nobody like us. whatever they did it was important. >> let's take a quick snapshot of the modern republican. a basic fact about what america liked like. the census maker was thomas jefferson. here are some of the facts they gathered about the new united states. the 13 former colonies had a population of under 4 million. and 577 of those were blacks and 19% and 9% were free. the per-capita-income was $437. the years of war had reduced the per-capita-income. if you translated to 2013 dollars, $11, 500. the largest cities were new york, philadelphia, and boston. what can we learn about them? >> first of all, point out that two of the thirteen states were not yet members of the union. the fact that north carolina and rhode island held back when the rest of the union adopted the constitution. america was overwhelmingly a rural, rustic farm-based society. it ended at the appalachian mountains. there were only in 1800 there were three roads that crossed. the united states was a nation -- it was in fact thre
it's hard for us to understand there was nobody like us. whatever they did it was important. >> let's take a quick snapshot of the modern republican. a basic fact about what america liked like. the census maker was thomas jefferson. here are some of the facts they gathered about the new united states. the 13 former colonies had a population of under 4 million. and 577 of those were blacks and 19% and 9% were free. the per-capita-income was $437. the years of war had reduced the...
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movies that impact us and unite us. they are not just well-known actors and directors, sidney poitier, tom hanks, and others, they are the collaboration of thousands of people. those collaborations generate more than social and cultural dividends, but economic ones as well. movies create jobs and many of them over the united states and elsewhere. 99% of the movie production workforce are men and women of who i speak today, they install the light in this room, wire the microphone that i'm speaking from and prepare our lunch for us today. we are all guilty of viewing things from the wrong end of the lens. for every talented and recognizable face, there are literally tens of thousands of working people off screen who helped to create the magic in the movie theater. every workday, more than 2.1 million of our fellow citizens go to work at a job that directly or indirectly depends on the movie and television business. these jobs involve producing marketing manufacturing and distributing movies and tv shows the film industry
movies that impact us and unite us. they are not just well-known actors and directors, sidney poitier, tom hanks, and others, they are the collaboration of thousands of people. those collaborations generate more than social and cultural dividends, but economic ones as well. movies create jobs and many of them over the united states and elsewhere. 99% of the movie production workforce are men and women of who i speak today, they install the light in this room, wire the microphone that i'm...
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we have assessed be said about us, believed about us that is contrary to what we done. thirdly, we in our effort to support democracy still are held accountable for supporting the government there before democracy. you do with governments of all kinds. we deal with china. hardly anybody believes china respects human rights and is not a democracy, but we don't get linked because we do business in china, but somehow that costs a negativity towards us, which again is unsound. so there are reasons for all the points you made that go more to the heart of american foreign policy and american values, but we can do a better job in abusing and refuting what people are led to believe that is contrary to who we are. >> allan wendt >> allan wendt, formerly with the state department. madame secretary, you've outlined a very ambitious and program to the department of state. could you tell us about the budgetary recess that will be required to carry out the agenda? >> i'm very glad he asked the question. you know, we've had some success in the very first years of my tenure in making t
we have assessed be said about us, believed about us that is contrary to what we done. thirdly, we in our effort to support democracy still are held accountable for supporting the government there before democracy. you do with governments of all kinds. we deal with china. hardly anybody believes china respects human rights and is not a democracy, but we don't get linked because we do business in china, but somehow that costs a negativity towards us, which again is unsound. so there are reasons...
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we are pleased to have them with us today and we thank all of you for joining us to mr. bellinger, we will start with you. each witness has written statements that will be made part of the record in their entirety. i ask each witness summarized his or her testimony of five minutes or less. to help you stay within the time, this time at my dinner table. the light switches programmed to yellow, you have one minute to conclude that when the light turns red signals the witnesses five minutes have expired. mr. bellinger, welcome. >> thanks very much, mr. chairman and members of the committee for coming for this important hearing today. i doubt this year but many legal issues as the subject of states are to administer this advertiser for the national security council and white house in the first term of the bush administration and the slick lopressor for the state department in the second term. i was in the white house situation room on either but the band spent all eight years of my time dealing with many of the same issues. but the bush and obama administrations have conclud
we are pleased to have them with us today and we thank all of you for joining us to mr. bellinger, we will start with you. each witness has written statements that will be made part of the record in their entirety. i ask each witness summarized his or her testimony of five minutes or less. to help you stay within the time, this time at my dinner table. the light switches programmed to yellow, you have one minute to conclude that when the light turns red signals the witnesses five minutes have...